Filipi 3

1 Akhirnya, Saudara-saudari yang saya kasihi, bersukacitalah karena kamu sudah bersatu dengan Tuhan Yesus! Saya tidak bosan-bosan mengulangi nasihat yang sudah saya tuliskan sebelumnya. Bahkan saya menegaskan hal bersukacita ini supaya kamu terjaga secara rohani.

[Now there are] other things [that I want to write about]. My fellow believers, continue to rejoice because [you belong to] the Lord. [Though] I will [now] write to you about those same matters [that I mentioned to you before, this is] not tiresome for me, and it will protect you [from those who would harm you spiritually].

2 Hati-hatilah terhadap guru-guru palsu! Mereka sesat dan berbahaya seperti anjing liar! Menurut mereka adat sunat Yahudi wajib untuk setiap laki-laki. Tetapi sebenarnya ajaran mereka salah. Mereka itu penjahat yang hanya ingin mencacatkan alat kelaminmu!

Beware of those [people who are dangerous] [MET] [like wild] dogs. They are [dangerous] evildoers [DOU]. Beware of them [since they are like people who] cut [other people’s] bodies [MET]. [They will harm you spiritually by insisting that you must let someone circumcise you in order for you to become God’s people] [MTY, MET].

3 Kita sudah menerima sunat yang sejati di mata Allah, yaitu sunat hati! Buktinya kita menyembah Allah melalui Roh-Nya dan kita hanya membanggakan keselamatan pemberian Kristus Yesus. Kita tidak bergantung pada ritual sunat ataupun peraturan-peraturan jasmani yang lain.

[Those people think that they are God’s people because someone has circumcised them]. But we, [not they], are [truly God’s people] [MET], [whether or not someone has] circumcised [us]. God’s Spirit [enables us to] [MTY] worship [God]; we praise Christ Jesus [because he has enabled us to become the people of God]. We do not believe [that God will consider/make us his people as a result of what someone has done to our] bodies [MTY, SYN].

4 Kalau guru-guru palsu itu merasa bahwa mereka sudah benar di mata Allah karena hal-hal jasmani seperti itu, atau karena status mereka dalam agama Yahudi, maka saya lebih pantas lagi berbangga atas hal semacam itu!

[We do not trust in those rituals to make us acceptable to God], although I could very well do that [if it would be useful for me]. Philippians 3:4b-6 [In fact], [if I could benefit from it for my salvation], I could rely upon what I have done and who I am [MTY, SYN] more than anyone else could! I will tell you why.

5 Saya disunat waktu berumur seminggu. Saya keturunan Israel dari suku Benyamin. Saya orang Ibrani murni, karena orangtua saya keduanya Ibrani. Saya juga anggota kelompok Farisi, sehingga jelas bahwa saya sangat menaati semua hukum Taurat.

I [was circumcised] {[Someone] circumcised me} when I was one week old. I am from the people of Israel. I am from the tribe of Benjamin. I am completely Hebrew in every way. [While I was] a member of the Pharisee [sect], I [strictly obeyed] the laws [that God gave Moses].

6 Saya pun begitu semangat berjuang mempertahankan agama Yahudi sehingga pernah menganiaya orang-orang yang percaya kepada Yesus. Pada waktu itu semua orang Yahudi bersaksi bahwa saya hidup benar dan tanpa noda menurut hukum Taurat.

I was [so] zealous [to make people obey those laws that] I caused the people who believe in Christ to suffer [because I thought they were trying to abolish those laws. Indeed], as far as my obeying those laws is concerned, no [one could] have accused [me by] saying that I had disobeyed any of those laws.

7 Memang dulu saya bangga dan merasa beruntung karena semuanya itu. Tetapi sekarang saya menganggap semua hal itu tidak berguna, karena sekarang saya hanya berbangga atas apa yang sudah Kristus kerjakan!

Nevertheless, all such things as those, which I used to [consider to] be useful to me, those [very] things I now consider worthless, because I [want to know] Christ (OR, in order that I [may know] Christ).

8 Bukan hanya itu! Saya bahkan menganggap segala sesuatu tidak ada artinya bila dibandingkan dengan apa yang saya miliki sekarang, yaitu mengenal Penguasa kita Kristus Yesus! Karena Kristus, semua yang dulu saya banggakan sekarang saya anggap tidak ada artinya dan sama saja dengan sampah. Mengenal Kristus jauh lebih berarti!

More than that, I consider all things to be worthless, compared to how great it is to know Christ Jesus my Lord. Because I [want to know] him [better] (OR, In order that I [may know] him [better]), I have rejected all things as worthless. I consider them [as useless as] [MET] rubbish, in order that I may have [a close relationship with] Christ [MET],

9 Jadi saya hanya ingin terus bersatu dengan Dia. Saya dibenarkan di hadapan Allah bukan karena hasil usaha saya dalam menaati hukum Taurat, melainkan hanya karena Kristus! Ya, saya percaya penuh pada apa yang Kristus kerjakan, dan hanya dengan keyakinan itulah saya dibenarkan di hadapan Allah.

and in order that I may completely belong to him. It was not as a result of [my obeying] the laws [he gave Moses] that God erased the record of my sins. Instead, it is because I have trusted in Christ [that God] has declared that I am no longer guilty for my sins, and he enables me to act righteously. [It is] God [himself who] has erased the record of my sins, and he enables me to act righteously, [only] because I have trusted [in Christ].

10 Maka sekarang, yang saya inginkan hanyalah mengenal Kristus dan mengalami kuasa yang menghidupkan Dia dari kematian. Saya mau ikut menderita dalam melayani Kristus, sama seperti Dia sendiri sudah menderita. Bahkan sampai mati seperti Dia pun saya rela!

I [want] to know Christ [better and better]. Particularly, I [want] to continually experience [his working] powerfully in my life, [just like God worked powerfully when he] caused Christ to become alive after he died. I [also want to be continually willing] to suffer [in order that I may obey God], just like Christ suffered [in order that he might obey God. I also want] to be completely willing to die for [Christ], even as he died for me,

11 Dengan begitu saya sangat berharap supaya saya sendiri pantas ikut dihidupkan kembali dari kematian.

[because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness], he will cause me to live again after I have died.

12 Namun saya tidak bermaksud mengatakan bahwa saya sudah berhasil mencapai tujuan itu! Saya belum sempurna. Tetapi saya terus berusaha untuk mencapai tujuan tersebut, karena itulah yang sudah direncanakan oleh Kristus Yesus untuk saya sebelum Dia memanggil saya menjadi milik-Nya.

I do not claim that I have already become completely like Christ Jesus; that is, I have not already become all that God intends me to be [DOU]. But I earnestly try to become [more and more like Christ], because he chose me [in order that I might become like him].

13 Saudara-saudari, saya tahu bahwa saya belum mencapai tujuan itu, tetapi mata saya hanya tertuju untuk mencapai sasaran ini saja: Saya melupakan semua hal yang sudah berlalu dan berusaha sekuat tenaga untuk mencapai yang ada di depan saya.

My fellow believers, I certainly do not consider that I have already become completely like Christ. But I [am like a runner. A runner does not look backward] [MET]. Instead, he leans/stretches forward as he runs straight toward the goal [in order that he might win the race and get the prize. Similarly], I do not think about what I have already done.

14 Sama seperti mengikuti lomba lari, mata saya tetap tertuju kepada sasaran, yaitu hadiah kemenangan yang sudah disiapkan bagi saya di surga! Dan memang kita yang bersatu dengan Kristus Yesus sudah dipanggil Allah untuk mencapai sasaran surgawi itu.

Instead, I concentrate only on [continuing to become more and more like Christ right up to the end of my life] [MET]. As a result, because of my relationship with Christ Jesus, God will call/summon me to receive a reward from him [in heaven].

15 Maka hendaklah kita semua yang sudah menjadi dewasa secara rohani mempunyai tujuan dan sasaran seperti itu. Kalau ada di antara kalian yang tidak setuju dengan ajaran ini, saya berdoa supaya Allah memberikan pengertian yang benar kepada kalian masing-masing.

So, all of us who are [spiritually] mature should think this [same way]. If any [of you] do not think this same way regarding what I [have written here], God will reveal that to you.

16 Yang penting, kita tidak mundur dari tingkat kedewasaan rohani yang sudah kita capai. Mari kita tetap maju secara teratur dengan pengertian yang sama.

What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what [God has already revealed to] us.

17 Jadi Saudara-saudari, biarlah kalian semua mengikuti teladan saya. Perhatikanlah dan contohlah setiap orang yang hidup sesuai teladan kami.

My fellow believers, [all of] you should follow my example, and observe those people who act as I do, [in order that you may imitate them also].

18 Saya berkata begitu karena ada hal yang sangat menyedihkan hati saya: Seperti yang sudah pernah saya katakan berulang kali kepada kalian, sekali lagi saya ingatkan bahwa sekarang ada banyak orang yang mengaku sebagai pengikut Kristus, tetapi hidup mereka bertolak belakang dengan harga penebusan yang sudah dibayar Kristus di kayu salib-Nya.

[Keep in mind that] there are many people [who say that they believe in Christ, but] who act [in such a way that shows] that they are opposed to [the teaching about] Christ [dying on] the cross [MTY]. I have told you about those people many times [before], and now I am sad, even crying, as I tell you [about them again].

19 Cara hidup seperti itu hanya akan berakhir pada kebinasaan. Mereka memikirkan hal-hal duniawi dan tidak melayani Allah. Hidup mereka hanya untuk memuaskan keinginan diri sendiri. Mereka melakukan segala macam hal yang memalukan, bahkan merasa bangga atas semuanya itu.

[God] will severely punish them. The things their bodies desire [MTY] have become [like] gods to them [MET]. They are proud of the things they should be ashamed of. They think only about what unbelievers [MTY] think about.

20 Tetapi kita sudah menjadi warga kerajaan surga! Dan kita sangat merindukan saatnya Penguasa dan Penyelamat kita Kristus Yesus datang kembali dari sana.

[But remember] that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, [to return] from there.

21 Kelak, dengan kuasa-Nya yang luar biasa, Dia akan mengubah tubuh kita yang hina ini menjadi serupa dengan tubuh-Nya yang mulia. Kuasa-Nya yang luar biasa itulah yang terus Dia gunakan untuk menaklukkan segala sesuatu di bawah pemerintahan-Nya.

By the power that enables him to put everything under his own control, he will change our weak bodies to become like his glorious body.